October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

From MedlinePlus:

Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factors. Risks that you cannot change include

Age – the chance of getting breast cancer rises as a woman gets older

Genes – there are two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that greatly increase the risk. Women who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer may wish to be tested.

Personal factors – beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55

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